Welcome to the Max Planck Institute for European Legal History

The researchers of the Max Planck Institute for European Legal History (MPIeR), located in Frankfurt am Main, engage in research on the history and theory of law. Established in 1964, the Institute, with its three departments, the specialist library with over 470,000 printed media units as well as numerous international visitors, has become a worldwide hub for those working on past and present national and transnational legal orders.